PhotoPrint

[Robert Heller]

The only issue the OP *might* have with ImageMagick is that it is mostly a CLI 
program (at least that is how *I* have always used it -- there is a display 
program that I have rarely used -- I use xv for that [xv is NOT in the Ubuntu 
repo -- I have built it from source on my machines]).

At Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:46:43 -0400 "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hey there,
> 
> Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> 
> >after taking a look at the homepage via the Ubuntu package search
> >link provided by Little Girl, Gimp isn't what the OP is looking for.
> >
> >"PhotoPrint can do the following:
> >
> >    Print photographs 1-up, 2-up, 4-up or with any user-selectable
> >    number of rows and columns.
> >    Create posters, split over several pages.
> >    Arrange images into a sort of Carousel, fading from one to
> > another. (Ideal for CD labels)
> >    Crop images to fit a specific frame.
> >    Apply a decorative border to an image.
> >    Make use of ICC colour profiles to provide accurate output.
> >    Send 16-bit data to the printer, to avoid "contouring" problems
> > in smooth gradients.
> >    Apply a handful of effecs to an image, including sharpening,
> >    removing colour and adjusting colour temperature (ideal for
> > cooling or warming black-and-white prints)." -
> >http://blackfiveimaging.co.uk/index.php?article=02Software%2F01PhotoPrint
> 
> This sounds like a job for ImageMagick, which is a free and
> open-source program available in the Ubuntu repositories. I don't see
> anything on that list above that ImageMagick can't do. And as a
> bonus, it does a whole lot more, too.
> 
> The ImageMagick folks aren't too great at showing off what they've
> got in a way that will wow you, but you can get a lot of information
> on their website. Like on this page, for example:
> 
> https://imagemagick.org/Usage/basics
> 
> I recommend looking for blog posts and videos made by people who are
> excited about it and will show it to you in action. But most of all,
> I highly recommend trying it for yourself
> 
> All I can say is OMG, OMG, OMG. ImageMagick is incredible. Exploring
> it is a huge rabbit-hole to go down into and it's usually a very long
> time before anyone who does so comes up for air. It's simply amazing
> what-all it can do.
> 

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